The outbreak caused political, military, economic, and religious upheaval. Introduction The Plague of Cyprian erupted in Ethiopia...
The horrific death toll reduced the number of taxpayers, recruits for the army, candidates for public office,...
Trump has shown that he understands who his real and most powerful base is—the billionaire class—ever since...
Mark Antony, one of the most powerful politicians in the Roman Republic, offered the nation’s elected leader,...
His work catapulted Powers to international fame in the 19th century. Introduction They say Ideal beauty cannot...
Rushdoony began to advocate for “biblical law” in America. Right around the time the House began its...
Phips became governor of Massachusetts, arriving in Boston from England in May 1692, with the witch-hunt well...
The notion of religious liberty and of freedom of conscience was not recognized. Introduction Inquisition, (capitalized I)...
Protestant denominations also have structural abuse problems – and that isn’t new. By Dr. Suzanna KrivulskayaAssistant Professor...
The Papacy in the Late Middle Ages had a major secular role in addition to its spiritual...
Christianity began in first century C.E. Jerusalem as a Jewish sect, but quickly spread throughout the Roman...
Many Uighur exiles in Turkey are planning to flee again. By Joanna Kakissis Abdurehim Imin Parach often...
Dragons were one of the earliest creatures to appear in the tales and legends of ancient China....
The earliest surviving examples of Chinese painting are fragments of painting on silk, stone, and lacquer items....
Writing methods and tools are evolved from wood and clay to pen and paper, and then from...
The tlacuilo (codex painter) tradition endured the transition to colonial culture. Introduction Aztec codices (singular codex) are...
Aztec culture had complex mythological and religious traditions. Introduction The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican people of central...
Lucretius was worried that our fear of death could lead to irrational beliefs and actions that could...
Plagues functioned as a setup for an even more crucial theme in ancient myth: a leader’s intelligence....
The skull of Oculudentavis provides new clues into the transition from dinosaurs to birds and may be...
The taxon Dinosauria was formally named by the English palaeontologist Richard Owen in 1842. Introduction Dinosaurs are...
You likely understand that drinking and driving is bad, but resisting that urge can be difficult after...
Have you been holding off on your plans to start a small business? Hold off no more!...
More successful than most third parties, it had two senators and fourteen representatives sent to the thirty-first...
The need to win popular support in a republic led to the American emergence of voter-based political...
The Varyags are first mentioned by the Primary Chronicle as having exacted tribute from the Slavic and...
The name “Byzantine Empire” is a modern term and would have been alien to its contemporaries. Introduction...
Tutankhamun began his reign at age 9. Introduction Nebkheperure Tutankhamun (King Tut) was a Pharaoh of the...
For thousands of years, the civilization of Egypt was among the most significant in the ancient world....
COVID-19 is not the first – nor likely the last – to emerge from the two continents....